Torrance to work with Car2Go to find alternative parking places

After receiving a handful of complaints from residents about car-sharing smart-cars from new service Car2Go sitting in front of their homes, Torrance will belatedly try to persuade the company to park them elsewhere.

Car2Go had balked at paying the city to allow its cars to linger longer in those areas, although it is paying communities such as Hermosa Beach to allow its cars to sit in spaces with parking meters.

In Torrance the company simply took out a business license that costs $108 a year per car <URL destination="http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20130410/south-bay-carsharing-proposal-car2go-gets-closer-look-from-torrance-city-council">rather than reaching any agreement with the city.

</URL>Police have begun ticketing cars that stay in one spot for longer than 72 hours, but the city is seeking a long-term solution, said Mayor Frank Scotto.

“We’re planning to meet with them and suggest areas where they could park their cars that would be less intrusive to residents,”he said. “We’re going to sit down and plot out the city for them.”